Bilingual / ESL / Foreign Language Teachers

A Bilingual, ESL, or Foreign Language Teacher teaches foreign languages to students in elementary to secondary schools. This includes English as a second language. Common foreign languages which are taught are Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, German, Dutch, Russian, Mandarin, and Arabic.

About this Career

Average Salary

£38,141

New workers start at around £19,156. Normal pay is £38,141 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £52,473

Annual Openings

454

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
  • Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
  • Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
  • Undertakes pastoral duties.
  • Supervises any practical work and maintains classroom discipline.
  • Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
  • Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
  • Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
  • Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches one or more subjects.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Learning Strategies 88%
Monitoring 83%
Active Learning 77%
Active Listening 75%
Speaking 75%
Reading Comprehension 75%
Critical Thinking 72%
Writing 71%
Mathematics 53%
Science 33%

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